FINANCIAL PLANNING

Life/Risk

Trowbridge recommends level commissions, an Initial Advice Payment of no more than $1200 and a five-year rule....

Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commisison may sit at the centre of how key Trowbridge recommendations are imposed....

Financial planning

NAB has confirmed it is now reporting to ASIC all planners departures and the reasons for their exit....

People & Products

Koda Capital recruits JBWere philanthropy specialists....

Superannuation

A Brisbane planner has questioned industry funds, the size of their boards and the amounts paid to union-nominated directors....

Superannuation

Federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey has acknowledged the problem of home ownership creating asset-rich, cash-poor retirees and access to the age pension....

Financial planning

One of the key factors used in calculating churn, discontinuances, rarely gets below 11 per cent, according to new research....

Financial planning

ASIC is focusing on stockbrokers and investment advisers and the use of general of advice....

Editorial

Infocus Wealth Management chief executive, Rod Bristow argues that a succession of bad news about financial planning has caused the profession to lose its social license....

Financial planning

Ibbotson's Craig Stanford will chair AIMA's education committee. ...

Financial planning

A financial planning practice within Charter Financial Planning has paid $10,200 penalty after ASIC found it made misleading representations in an article on its website....

Financial planning

A Perth based adviser has challenged politicians to run a successful risk insurance businesses under the models they are advocating claiming it would be impossible to do ...

Superannuation

A new Money Management survey has revealed most accountants and planners would be preapred to establish an SMSF on the basis of FUM of $200,000 or less. ...

Financial planning

The Money Management Platforms & Wraps Conference, 2015, scheduled for 29-31 July at Magenta Shores will examine the rise and rise of SMAs and how platforms are competing...

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank will roll out IRESS to all its planning licensees and advice divisions....

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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The Federal Court has made interim travel restraint orders against two Falcon Capital directors, while also freezing one director’s assets....

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